10 DECEMBER

BORIS JOHNSON ADMITS UK NOT OPPOSED TO ILLEGAL DRONE STRIKES. Writing for The Spectator on 25 July 2018, the recently resigned British foreign secretary Boris Johnson implied that the government would not hesitate in authorizing intelligence sharing to enable a drone strike assassination of targets, who while not necessarily posing any imminent threat to life,…

BRITISH ATTEMPT TO BUY HEGEMONY OVER PERSIA FAILS [ 9 August 1919 ] On 9 August 1919, after six months of secret negotiations between Sir Percy Cox, the acting British Minister in Tehran, and three leading Persian politicians, Prime Minister Vusuq ul-Dawleh, Foreign Minister Prince Farooz and Finance Minister, Sarem ul-Dawleh, the Anglo-Persian Agreement was…

WINSTON CHURCHILL RECOMMENDS STRAFING CROWDS OF IRISH NATIONALISTS On 20 September 1920, twenty years before he became Britain’s legendary prime minister, Winston Churchill, then Secretary of State for Air, urged the Chiefs of Staff to seriously consider the use of fighter aircraft against gatherings suspected of protesting or plotting against British rule. In his view,…

BRITAIN RECOGNIZES IDI AMIN FOLLOWING COUP IN UGANDA On 5th February 1971, on the day of Major General Idi Amin’s swearing in as president, following a military coup twelve days earlier, Britain was one of the first countries in the world to formally recognize his new government. Please feel welcome to post comments below.  If…

PAUL BOGLE HUNG FOR DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR BLACK JAMAICANS [ 24 October 1865 ] Today in 1865, Paul Bogle, a Baptist deacon and the leader of a workers revolt in Jamaica known as the Morant Bay Rebellion, was hung by the British. TWO IRAQI VILLAGES FLATTENED AFTER THEY REFUSE TO PAY FINES [ 24 October…